Staff Software Engineer - Cloudera Context Search Team

Staff Engineer – Cloudera Context Search Team As a Staff Engineer on the Cloudera Context Search Team, you will be a key technical leader and architect for the search heartbeat of the Cloudera Data Platform (CDP). You will drive the technical vision and strategic evolution of a high‑performance, scalable, and secure search infrastructure that powers data discovery, observability, and analytics for the world’s largest enterprises. Responsibilities Drive the multi‑quarter technical roadmap and design large‑scale OpenSearch clusters capable of handling petabytes of data with low‑latency indexing and query performance. Deeply integrate OpenSearch with CDP components (e.g., Apache Iceberg, SDX, and Ozone) to provide a unified search experience across the data lakehouse. Lead efforts to optimize JVM settings, shard allocation strategies, and query DSL to ensure maximum throughput and stability. Oversee the development of Kubernetes Operators and Helm charts for automated deployment, scaling, and self‑healing of search services. Define and champion best practices for security (RBAC, TLS), observability, and enterprise‑grade reliability. Mentor senior and junior engineers on complex technical designs and foster a culture of continuous improvement across the organization. Act as a primary liaison and influencer within the upstream OpenSearch community, aligning their roadmap with product strategy. Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent, and 6+ years of experience; OR Master’s degree and 4‑6 years of experience; OR PhD and 2‑4 years of experience. 6+ years of experience working with OpenSearch or Elasticsearch in production environments at scale. Deep understanding of distributed systems, consensus algorithms, CAP theorem, replication, and sharding. Mastery of Java (core development) and proficiency in Go or Python for automation and tooling. Extensive experience with Kubernetes (K8s) and container orchestration. Hands‑on experience deploying search workloads on AWS (EKS/AOSS), Azure (AKS), or Google Cloud (GKE). Additional Strengths Experience with Lucene internals (segment merging, bitsets, and codecs). Knowledge of vector database capabilities within OpenSearch for generative AI (RAG) use cases. History of contributing to open‑source projects (Apache Software Foundation or OpenSearch Project). Why This Role Matters You will tackle complex distributed systems challenges, crafting the foundational software for the control and data planes that power CDP and keep it running at massive scale. Working at the forefront of hybrid and multi‑cloud technology, you wi #J-18808-Ljbffr Cloudera Government Solutions